Additionally the Wachowskis planned to direct a few episodes of the show if their schedule permitted it. According to Straczynski,Sense8 Seasons 1-2 DVD the first meeting with potential buyers was with Netflix.The trio became so excited with the concept they came up with, they decided to develop it on their own instead of pitching it to someone else and on October 2, 2012, Variety reported the Wachowskis had written three hour-long spec scripts and were set to shop them around L.A. the coming week, with the help of Straczynski's Studio JMS and Georgeville Television.If the series was picked up, the siblings and Straczynski would share showrunner duties. The Wachowskis and Straczynski talked to them about subjects such as gender, identity, secrecy and privacy instead of pitching action or otherwise commercial aspects and, when the meeting was over, they worried they made a mistake.By noon, and before they had the chance to pitch it to other outlets, such as HBO,Netflix called them to preemptively offer to buy and produce the first season.